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August 08, 2014

PAHO: Chikungunya update, August 8

PAHO has published its weekly Chikungunya update. Click the link for EW 32 to download the PDF. The outbreak continues to spread; last week the total of suspected cases in the Americas was 508,122; this week it's 570,972.

As usual, the island of Hispaniola is taking the brunt of the outbreak: the Dominican Republic reports 370,141 cases as of week 29, compared with 307,862 in week 29. Haiti hasn't reported since week 28, and its numbers remain stuck at an implausibly low 64,695.

Meanwhile, the US reports 480 confirmed imported cases; Canada has 8 and Mexico just one.

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PAHO: Chikungunya update, August 8

PAHO has published its weekly Chikungunya update. Click the link for EW 32 to download the PDF. The outbreak continues to spread; last week the total of suspected cases in the Americas was 508,122; this week it's 570,972.

As usual, the island of Hispaniola is taking the brunt of the outbreak: the Dominican Republic reports 370,141 cases as of week 29, compared with 307,862 in week 29. Haiti hasn't reported since week 28, and its numbers remain stuck at an implausibly low 64,695.

Meanwhile, the US reports 480 confirmed imported cases; Canada has 8 and Mexico just one.